After a turbulent year for Canada’s steel industry, now facing more tariff uncertainty under U.S. President Donald Trump, the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC) is gathering industry leaders this week in Montreal for its annual steel conference.

Organizers say the goal of the conference is to strengthen the sector for what industry leaders call a period of uncertainty.

“Right now, it’s a bit slow, I have to say,” explained David Drouin, president of Camnor Group. “And that’s what we see in the economy in Quebec and in Canada, because people are uncertain.”

Canada’s steel industry has been taking a bruising due to Trump’s 25 per cent tariff, originally introduced in March.

“People are holding on projects a little bit more than what we’ve seen before. And it’s creating a har

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